Indispensable allies: US, NATO and UK Defence relations Contents

Contents

2 The NATO summit

What does NATO do?

Priorities for the NATO summit

Concerns over NATO effectiveness

Readiness and military mobility

Interoperability

Command Structure reform

Decision-making

What could the UK do?

Securing the North Atlantic

UK contributions to NATO

3 The UK-US relationship

Political relationship

Military relationship

Interoperability

Over-reliance on the US

4 The US and UK in NATO

The UK’s current contribution to NATO

The importance of the US role in NATO

The impact of NATO and the UK-US relationship

NATO-EU co-operation

Strategic engagement

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex: How much extra money for Defence would result from an increase in its percentage share of GDP?

Note on Methodology

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Published: 26 June 2018